BATTLE OF POINT PLEASANT. There have been battles and battles, and the most of them have been...
Month: February 2014
RUMSEY vs. FULTON, It is almost or quite impossible to correct a historical error once it has...
BATTLE OF SCARY. Dr. J. P. Hale, Editor West Virginia Historical Magazine, Charleston, W. Va.: Dear Sir:...
VISIT TO WASHINGTON. The following letters are extracts from the manuscript diary of an English gentleman, Mr....
FIRST SETTLERS OF WEST VIRGINIA. [Some history of early settlements and land grants in West Virginia by...
THE WILD PIGEON. What has become of them? All whose memory can carry them to the years...
JOHN LAIDLEY. A biographical sketch, of Mr. John Laidley, a long time prominent, active and useful citizen...
THE INVENTOR OF THE STEAMBOAT. By Hon. Daniel B. Lucas [From The West Virginia School Journal, by...
The following paper, by Chief Mine Inspector J. W. Paul, Esq., is full of statistical and general...
WEST VIRGINIA STATE DEBT. The following article is a chapter taken from “The History of the Formation...